Walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus, Pallas, 1814) fishery, size and age composition, state of stocks and catch prospects in the waters adjacent to Kamchatka peninsula and Northern Kuril Islands

The article provides data on the catch of the Northern Okhotsk, Eastern Kamchatka and Western Bering Sea walleye pollock stocks, fishery structure by the fishing gears in 2016–2019, size and age composition of the fish in the commercial trawl and Danish seine catches in 2010–2019. Data on the generation abundance and stock condition indices used in the stock assessment models are also demonstrated. Interannual dynamics of the total and spawning stock biomass, determinants of the dynamics and prospects of fishing are analyzed.

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